Legal Opinion

Ronald J. Srein and R.J. Srein Corp. v. Frankford Trust Company, N/k/a Key Trust Company

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided March 13, 2003No. 01-4516PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

OBERDORFER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs’ appeal requires us to consider the liability of the trustee of two retirement plans for common law negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, if any, under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. The District Court entered judgment for defendant under Pennsylvania’s Comparative Negligence law after a jury found plaintiffs contributory negligence was greater than defendant’s negligence and also found for defendant on the ERISA issue on the theory that the trustee was *216not a fiduciary within…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Mertens v. Hewitt AssociatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Beddall v. State Street Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
  3. Ronald Alexander Faye Alexander Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc., in No. 98-3597 v. Joseph Riga Maria A. Riga A/K/A Carla Agnotti Ronald Alexander Faye Alexander Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc. v. Joseph Riga Maria A. Riga A/K/A Carla AgnottiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
  4. Smith v. Provident BankCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
  5. Mark Scully v. Us Wats, Inc. Kevin O'hare, Individually and in His Capacity as President of Us Wats Aaron Brown, Individually and in His Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Us Wats Stephen Parker, Individually and in His Capacity as Executive Vice-President of Us WatsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Finjan, Inc. v. Secure Computing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2010
  2. Briscoe v. FineCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
  3. Renfro v. Unisys Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
  4. Santomenno Ex Rel. John Hancock Trust v. John Hancock Life Insurance Co. (U.S.A)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2014
  5. In Re DVI, Inc. Securities LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011

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